Hi Joylene. I do love our country living/setting. I think leaving the city after a weekend is just a little bitter sweet for me; reversing the gears from all the activity, noises, lights to quiet and a slower pace again. But I’m lucky in that Oakland and San Francisco are just 45 minutes away.
Glad to hear from you today.

A weekend getaway is always good for the soul. And it’s a push-pull for me…I love both city and country. Little doses of both are good I guess. The City is just 45 minutes away, so easy to get to. It’s a pretty good balance to have both.

Yes, I think so – I’m trying to resolve to treat it as a new place to discover. After all, our government spends a fortune advertising its unique splendour to the world’s tourists and even if I’m not going to live in Katherine Gorge, or the Olgas, or on the Great Barrier Reef, it is as they say, like ‘the land Noah forgot’. Added to which, I have a huge emotional attachment to the land itself – feel strongly protective of it and its fragile, sere beauty – and what an adventure it is going to be, finding a new home!

Adventures; they are scary, they test our mettle, what would life be without them. Before our current residence, we lived in Southern California. I think that was the hardest place I ever had to leave; I loved it there so much. The ache for that place is still in my heart, but we move on when we must, and we learn to love another place.

Adventures, and the tests they put on me, are one of the best things about travelling, I think, so it’s good advice to remember to be adaptable about changes that we must make, not only changes that we wish to make. Thanks for that, Angeline 🙂

Adaptable, and clever in how to solve the challenge. That’s what has seen me through the many moves I’ve had in my lifetime. You will come out on the other side with some wonderful memories, and a wide open canvas in front of you.